I've noticed through the years that many students hadconsiderable difficulty simplifying the expression below on a test in Intermediate Algebra:

[ (6 * r^8 * t) /(-3 * r^2) ]^3

I'm interested in seeing how you think students should approach this problem, and detailed steps they should take, along with precise assumptions/formulas theyshould know and be able to apply correctly at each step.Thank you in advance.

John Lee

PS. This is the same submission as before.Because of the ambiguity perceived by a few respondents,I've just inserted the * for multiplications.Hopefully, someone will care to help with detailed stepsuntil the simplified result is obtained.